Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

208 reviews

hollysbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Confinement

ashleighlynn's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child death, Stalking, Sexual content, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

chelseeaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Vomit

risemini's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, and Child death

caitlin_rhind's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

helloooooo's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The book shows the objectification of girls really good. The writing style was a little boring, but I spend a lot of time thinking about the book. 
It kinda makes me feel sick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide, and Child death

pissboy3000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, and Racial slurs

ambercunningham's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

madzzzzzx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

in short this book is voyeuristic and perverted. in long Jeffrey Eugenides encapsulates girlhood from the perspective of perverted teenagers who view the depressed Lisbon sisters as gods. The narrator of the text retrospectively looks back at their suicides as a life altering event despite not knowing the girls which creates an unreliable narration of their lives but despite this, the Lisbon sisters have become a relatable figure for girls experiencing the same issues they had in the text. Eugenides’ creates a dichotomy in the text of writing and world building so beautifully it brings up emotion then contrasting it with the narrators foul motives and subconscious written out to remind you that even when girls are going through emotional turmoil they are still sexualised and perceived as an item to be had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Child death, and Suicide attempt